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Hi all,
I keep missing out on all of the Prado Point trips, so I thought I'd post some pics from our little jaunt last week.
We left on Wednesday morning to head to Kalgoorlie and meet up with a few mates to go on a bit of a fishing trip to Point Culver for a few days.
To start things off we had to deviate around Southern Cross and Coolgardie as the Great Eastern Hwy was closed due to the bushfires at Bodallan National Park that had already claimed 3 lives. The Main Roads Dept said that we had to go through Brookton, Corrigin, Kondinin, Hyden, Lake King, Ravensthorpe and then to Esperance, Norseman, Kambalda and finally Kal. Bugger that for a joke!
When we got to Hyden I had already spoken to a number of truckies and was assured that the Hyden/Noresman Rd was OK to traverse but they were unsure about the condition or whether or not the Victoria Rocks Rd to Coolgardie was open. Once at Hyden we enquired again and were told that Victoria Rocks was definatley closed and also that someone had just died on the Hyden/Noresman Rd :shock:
Anywayz we decided to head to Noresman and encountered a little bit of traffic, but nothing out of the ordinary for that road and arrived in Kal 3 hours later than we would of by taking the normal route, if it were open.
Brookton Sunrise
Tam, Hayden and me at Wave Rock in Hyden
MUMSRIG at Lake Johnston Salt Lake
Lost load of brand new Jumbo parts near Emily Anne Mine Site
1 of the 3 roll overs we saw on the trip from Perth to Kal
Once we arrived in Kal, we had to pack the other vehicles and set off the next morning to Balldonia.
About 20 k's out of Norseman the PC copped a blow out
Kiwi Loveboat!
Hitting the dirt about 63k's past Balladonia
Just a little bit of dust!
The 82k's or so to the coast from the Eye Hwy takes about 2.5 hrs to traverse until you finally hit the Escartment.
1st glimps of the Great Aussie Bight
Cliff's style parking
Sunset at the Cliffs (Point Culver)
View South from the cave
Our dunny with a vista
Phil with the 1st Pinky of the trip
Group shot . I'm kneeling at the front on the right
Getting my swag set up
Scruff's (father inlaw) 1st catch. Salmon and plenty of!
Sunrise shot of Jase
Jason with his big rod!
One of my catches
From memory, these are some of the largest dunes in the Southern Hemisphere
Those two black spots are Jake and Cody
Phil with another Pinky
Unfortunatley all good things come to an end and after four days of fishing it was back to Kal.
Coming up the escartment
A quick stop outside of Widgemooltha to check out the home made out of 44 gallon drums. A hermit lived here until a couple of months ago.
Inside the 44 gallon drum home
Bed anyone?
Looking out from the bedroom into the living area
Then on Monday it was back to Perth!
Coolgardie road block for the Great Eastern Hwy fires
Start of the Holland Track
The old Noresman/Hyden Road
Another Salt lake along the Coolgardie (Victoria Rocks Rd) Track
Exiting the Holland Track
Mitch
I keep missing out on all of the Prado Point trips, so I thought I'd post some pics from our little jaunt last week.
We left on Wednesday morning to head to Kalgoorlie and meet up with a few mates to go on a bit of a fishing trip to Point Culver for a few days.
To start things off we had to deviate around Southern Cross and Coolgardie as the Great Eastern Hwy was closed due to the bushfires at Bodallan National Park that had already claimed 3 lives. The Main Roads Dept said that we had to go through Brookton, Corrigin, Kondinin, Hyden, Lake King, Ravensthorpe and then to Esperance, Norseman, Kambalda and finally Kal. Bugger that for a joke!
When we got to Hyden I had already spoken to a number of truckies and was assured that the Hyden/Noresman Rd was OK to traverse but they were unsure about the condition or whether or not the Victoria Rocks Rd to Coolgardie was open. Once at Hyden we enquired again and were told that Victoria Rocks was definatley closed and also that someone had just died on the Hyden/Noresman Rd :shock:
Anywayz we decided to head to Noresman and encountered a little bit of traffic, but nothing out of the ordinary for that road and arrived in Kal 3 hours later than we would of by taking the normal route, if it were open.
Brookton Sunrise
Tam, Hayden and me at Wave Rock in Hyden
MUMSRIG at Lake Johnston Salt Lake
Lost load of brand new Jumbo parts near Emily Anne Mine Site
1 of the 3 roll overs we saw on the trip from Perth to Kal
Once we arrived in Kal, we had to pack the other vehicles and set off the next morning to Balldonia.
About 20 k's out of Norseman the PC copped a blow out
Kiwi Loveboat!
Hitting the dirt about 63k's past Balladonia
Just a little bit of dust!
The 82k's or so to the coast from the Eye Hwy takes about 2.5 hrs to traverse until you finally hit the Escartment.
1st glimps of the Great Aussie Bight
Cliff's style parking
Sunset at the Cliffs (Point Culver)
View South from the cave
Our dunny with a vista
Phil with the 1st Pinky of the trip
Group shot . I'm kneeling at the front on the right
Getting my swag set up
Scruff's (father inlaw) 1st catch. Salmon and plenty of!
Sunrise shot of Jase
Jason with his big rod!
One of my catches
From memory, these are some of the largest dunes in the Southern Hemisphere
Those two black spots are Jake and Cody
Phil with another Pinky
Unfortunatley all good things come to an end and after four days of fishing it was back to Kal.
Coming up the escartment
A quick stop outside of Widgemooltha to check out the home made out of 44 gallon drums. A hermit lived here until a couple of months ago.
Inside the 44 gallon drum home
Bed anyone?
Looking out from the bedroom into the living area
Then on Monday it was back to Perth!
Coolgardie road block for the Great Eastern Hwy fires
Start of the Holland Track
The old Noresman/Hyden Road
Another Salt lake along the Coolgardie (Victoria Rocks Rd) Track
Exiting the Holland Track
Mitch
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